How many more will take a shot?
Via Roll Call:
Democratic Rep. Mike Quigley said he is considering a run for mayor of Chicago after Mayor Rahm Emanuel announced he would not run for re-election.
“Who wouldn’t be interested in being mayor of Chicago?” he told the Chicago Sun-Times.
Quigley said he is considering it despite the fact he “loves” his job in Congress where he sits on the Appropriations and Intelligence committees.
The Democrat sat on the Cook County Board before his election to Congress and said any candidate for mayor should “focused on one issue or just being anti-Rahm Emanuel.”
“I am focusing on (what) we need to do and why the city is at a crossroad. And who can present a detailed, footnoted plan that moves the city forward in extraordinarily difficult times,” he said.
Quigley was elected to Congress in 2009 to succeed Emanuel when the latter was appointed White House chief of staff to President Barack Obama.